Friday, February 26, 2010

Nasser Hussain, the Indian born, yet fiercely English, former captain of the Poms, it seems has opened the Pandora's Box, by openly stating that he felt India's supreme batsman, Sachin Tendulkar was now the best player in the game ever, toppling the great Sir Donald Bradman.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

On 24th February, 2010, exactly twenty two years after the infamous world record school-boys batting partnership was set, the same culprit committed another one of those heinous acts which have made him a loath figure among luminaries such as the flamboyant former bastman Sanjay Manjrekar, captain marvel Michael Atherton, stroke-maker extraordinaire Ian Chappell, and that model of fair play- Moin Khan.

"Martin Buchan... famously dumbfounded a reporter who asked if he could have a quick word — only for Buchan to reply: “Sure, velocity.”"
Velocity is basically a mash up of cricket and football. My two leading interests in sports are Sachin Tendulkar and Manchester United, and I follow both with an unwavering passion. To me, they both stand for all that is good and right about modern day professional sport. At a time when sports-persons would find it hard to be role models for a murderer, it is amazing to find men like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Sachin doing what they do, and still managing to hold a reputation almost unblemished by the tabloid vultures.
And oh yeah, I share my birthday with Rahul Dravid and Bryan Robson, probably my favourite thing about me.